Happy Hours:Nadie_AZ: A 12-year-old student who stunned officials at a middle school Monday morning when they discovered she had $20,000 cash in her backpack apparently received the money from a neighbor.

"The 12-year-old apparently got the money from another child who lives across the street from her the night before," Taylor Chief of Police Mary Sclabassi said Tuesday.

The neighbors have claimed the money, the chief said. Sclabassi said police continue to investigate the incident, but declined to elaborate as to why.

I don't understand why they did this. I'd have sent her home to take care of it, but I would not have called police or taken it from her.

You'd let a 12 year old kid walk around with 20K? In Detroit?

And I'm sure the police are investigating so they can confiscate it

It is a sad commentary on the country that this was also my first thought.

Happy Hours:Nadie_AZ: A 12-year-old student who stunned officials at a middle school Monday morning when they discovered she had $20,000 cash in her backpack apparently received the money from a neighbor.

"The 12-year-old apparently got the money from another child who lives across the street from her the night before," Taylor Chief of Police Mary Sclabassi said Tuesday.

The neighbors have claimed the money, the chief said. Sclabassi said police continue to investigate the incident, but declined to elaborate as to why.

I don't understand why they did this. I'd have sent her home to take care of it, but I would not have called police or taken it from her.

You'd let a 12 year old kid walk around with 20K? In Detroit?

And I'm sure the police are investigating so they can confiscate it

(I'm pretty sure this is a repeat so that may explain why no one else has gone here...but here we are)

And I'm sure the police are investigating the $15k so they can confiscate the $10k, which clearly have been the profits of crime, and if it turns out there was no crime we'll gladly return the $5k to it's rightful owner, less our expenses in this pursuit, of course...

Parents have 20K in the house...not smart but OK.Parents let 12 year old know where money is....not smart and not ok.Daughter gives money to next door neighbor girl....ha ha ha.Neighbor takes money to school and and starts pass it out....that's fantastic...Someone who didn't get any money snitches to the principle...what an ass.Principle calls police....but of course, the sixth grader robbed a bank.Police....ooooo....drug money....we wants that for Christmas party.

I would imagine several. There are several "legit business" that allow such a luxury. Luckily I know several people that had at least that, or far more. It makes a great late-light ATM if drugs, women, bail etc... were needed.

worlddan:Parents have 20K in the house...not smart but OK.Parents let 12 year old know where money is....not smart and not ok.Daughter gives money to next door neighbor girl....ha ha ha.Neighbor takes money to school and and starts pass it out....that's fantastic...Someone who didn't get any money snitches to the principle...what an ass.Principle calls police....but of course, the sixth grader robbed a bank.Police....ooooo....drug money....we wants that for Christmas party.

When I was a Junior in high school, I had $700 cash on me one day to buy a new engine for my mustang. Leaving right after school to pick it up, had to bring the money with. My money, had a near full time job after school. Left the money in my wallet, inside my jacket, when I had to head outside for PE.

Girlfriend forgets to close the locker all the way...Security sees the open locker, decided to search it instead of just closing it.

Long story short I ended up in the deans office, trying to convince the old hag that I wasn't dealing drugs. No drugs were found, and my entire locker was on display in her office. Threatened me with expulsion, called my parents, had to be "released" into there custody to get the money back.

Oh_Enough_Already:The cops will declare the money is "drug profits" and, unless the owners can prove otherwise (forfeiture laws are such that you're "guilty until proven innocent") they'll never see the money again.

It's so disturbing, but I know its true. My mom handles large amounts of cash and she hasn't even seen any illegal drugs since the occasional joint during college in the 60s.

I do get a kick out of how she does her thing though. She heard that banks have to report any transactions in excess of $10,000, so she likes to juggle her accounts, sitting on significant cash temporarily just because she likes to keep them guessing.

Might not be the wisest decision at times, but she's 65 and not interested in my whipper-snapper, bull-jive.